In The Funky Beat, David focuses on combining funk and jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms to extend his own innovative style. By dissecting his grooves and musical choices for each song on the CD, David demonstrates how to develop musical skills and how to create a signature sound.

MJS - Easy Blues Guitar. Blues Guitar Lessons for Beginner Through Intermediate. If you want to learn to play Blues Guitar, look no further – You have found the ultimate course with Easy Blues Guitar DVD! Expert guitar instructor Mark John Sternal starts you out with simple power chords, riffs, tricks and techniques that form the backbone of Blues Guitar.

Take the UK's foremost guitar teachers and players, and transfer their finesse and passion for music into a magazine! The magazine has established itself with guitarists who wish to better themselves as musicians in both the UK, Europe and as far afield as the USA and Hong Kong! When it comes to choosing music, GT's Abba to Zappa policy means that there's always something for everyone! We take pride in providing the most accurate transcriptions around, and cover a full range of styles.

Pete Wernick - Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo 1: A Treasury Of Techniques

One of America's best-known players and teachers has put together a wealth of musical information to help you really "branch out" on the banjo. Pete Wernick expands your knowledge of the instrument so you can breathe new life and excitement into your playing. Learn to play in every position up and down the neck, adding ideas and color to your musical palette.

Dave Celentano brings you a handy guide to playing blues guitars and takes care to emphasise the essentials of this emotive style. He includes sections on chord changes, scales, rhythms, turn arounds, phrasing, soloing and more. With a large reserve of examples and diagrams, plus 10 rhythm tracks for soloing and improvising.

Merle Travis' brilliant fingerpicking style inspired Chet Atkins and generations of country, folk, bluegrass and rock guitarists. Travis picking is a very complete use of the guitar: when you play steady, alternating bass notes with your thumb and pick melodies with your fingers you're playing lead, rhythm and bass all by yourself. But how do you keep that thumb-bass independent so it doesn't get derailed when your fingers pick the melody?

A collection and explanation of many different types of important progressions for the intermediate and advanced guitarist. Ted Greene is one of those rare individuals who has made it his life's work to teach harmony on the guitar. In this book, Ted takes you down the road to a greater understanding of how chords can be strung together to create harmonized musical phrases.

Fingerstyle virtuoso Peppino D'Agostino examines topics such as solo guitar arranging, composition, alternate tunings, chord voicings, and fingerstyle techniques. New Acoustic Guitar contains 11 original Peppino works. This instructional book is very detailed in D'Agostino playing including alternate tunings, practice exercises and actual instrumentals that he tabs out very articulately! The book also comes with a CD of each track covered in the book which is very helpful.

Bass Day '97 was a historic event organized by the Bass Collective NYC and Bass Player Magazine. Already announced as an annual affair, the inaugural Bass Day brought together world class bassists, equipment manufacturers, bass students, and bass fans from all over the globe for unforgettable, all-day show that included clinics, demonstrations, interviews and all-star jam session.